| Acronym | Meaning |
| NLDN | National Lightning Detection Network |
| NAO | North Atlantic Oscillation |
| SSL | Space Sciences Laboratory |
| PEACE | DOD Atoll-drilling Program For Coral Core Sample |
| DOW | Defenders Of Wildlife |
| PC | Geomagnetic Pulsations |
| RIB | Research Internet Backbone |
| NNF | Non-NSF Funded |
| EMR | Electomagnetic Radiation |
| GOEZS | Global Ocean Euphotic Zone Study |